Kazakistan
KAZAKHSTAN-BANKS-FINANCING
Kazakh prime minister urges banks to financing real sector more activelyKazakhstan’s banks should be more active in financing the real sector, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said."The second-tier banks should be more active in financing the real sector. The banks should finance industrial and infrastructure projects, but not only trade projects and retail lending," Bektenov said at a Tuesday meeting of the government.There should be a balanced approach to the operation of the government institutions and the banks, the prime minister added."The government financial institutions should not replace second-tier banks, but create conditions for their participation in the financing. In general, we should develop private investment instruments, including the issuance of corporate bonds and the introduction of public-private partnership mechanisms," Bektenov said. (ICE ALMATY)
Fonte notizia: INTERFAX
